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September, 2026

Community Fall Harvest Festival

Fall Harvest Festival to benefit the Community Network for Children, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., September 26 (rain or shine). Leverett Congregational Church lawn and Town Hall. A charge of $10 per 12’ x 12’ space will be donated to the CNC. ALL other profits by sellers are theirs alone.

 

All from our local communities are invited to sell their wares: Tag Sales, Bake Sales, Crafts. Individuals will be responsible for their own setup, selling, and cleanup. Let your friends and neighbors know.

 

Our church will host raffles and sell baked goods with the profits going to the CNC. We will be calling for volunteers to help out with selling and for our church community’s high quality raffle items; baked goods, preserves, and confections; and farmers market type produce.

 

To reserve your space, contact Claudia Gere, Claudia@ClaudiaGere.com, 413-359 0003, with any questions or to volunteer to help.

 

CROP Hunger Walk

This year’s walk: Sunday, October 4, registration starts at 1:00 pm (walk at 2:00) First Congregational Church of Whately, 177 Chestnut Plain Road. (GPS doesn’t work; enter Whately Inn then look for the church steeple and cars). Please join us or walk with us through your contributions.

Use this shortcut to make an online contribution and sign up to walk: use upper and lowercase:

Shortcut: http://tiny.cc/LCCcrop   OR:

Full URL: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/chw/ team/leverett-congregational-church You can also put checks made out to CWS/CROP in the collection plate or hand your donations to your mission committee members (Claudia Gere and Tracey Field) Contact Clauda Gere, Claudia@ClaudiaGere.com 413-359-0003 with any questions.

 

CNC Children’s Closet Schedule The CNC Closet provides FREE clothing for young children, newborn through elementary age. CNC Children's Closet schedule for the coming Thursdays, from 8 am – 12 pm and by appointment if unable to make this time:

• September 3, 10, 17, 24 OPEN

• October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 OPEN

•Also: Children's Closet Open House on Saturday, October 3 from 10am - 1pm Open on Thursday mornings, 8am - Noon. Free clothes, shoes, toys, books and diapers! Families may access free diapers 1x a month.

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Donations of CLEAN, non-torn or stained clothing, shoes are welcome. Donated toys, books, baby equipment, etc., must also be in good condition, without broken or missing pieces. We don't have the capacity to wash clothing or dispose of large amounts of unusable donations. Thank you for your efforts to make the Children's Closet work smoothly and efficiently! Volunteers to help sort are welcome on Thursday mornings! Call/text Gillian at 978-935-4909.

The Franklin Hampshire area Diaper Bank continues to supply us with disposable diapers that we can offer to families for free. You can also find information about other available resources. We are located at the Dixon House, 4 Montague Road, Leverett. Call/Text or email Gillian Budine, CNC Program Coordinator (978) 935-4909 or cnccoord@erving.com.Visit the CNC website for more information about the services we provide in our community to families with young children https://sites.google.com/ erving.com/cncprogram/home.

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Claudia Gere and the Missions Committee 

 

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